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[stephanfowler]

couple blades just finished up....

11 1/2" Recurve Bowie
Flamed Maple Handle
Stainless Guard and Ferrule


9 1/2" Slim Fighter
Cocobolo Handle
Blued Steel guard

[RoadFish]

Beautiful. Looks like a powerful hacker. How do you drill your pin hole and keep it true on both sides without the thin drill traveling? Is there any trick to that?

[stephanfowler]

Beautiful. Looks like a powerful hacker. How do you drill your pin hole and keep it true on both sides without the thin drill traveling? Is there any trick to that?

I layout and drill the hole while it's still a block.

I hit the tang just enough to start the hole and then finish the block with the tang removed. I found that driving the bit through the tang would bend the bit just a teeny bit, but enough to wallow out the hole in the handle block.

not to mention getting pissed off once when the bit broke halfway through the tang, gouging the handle block all to hell.

[RoadFish]

Thanks. I have run into the problem of the drill travel and will try your method. Beautiful work.